I had hoped that increasing the picot size after part of the way round, as I explained
here, would result in the whole round lying flat. Mmm, no, the first part still stood up, in a most unsatisfactory way:
I didn't want to redo the whole round, of course, so I cut out the section that wasn't lying flat:
I had to hide ends on both sides of the cut, and create two artificial picots, one on the previous round, where I had climbed out of the round, and one on the ring that became the first ring - it had been joined to a ring that was snipped, and I needed a picot to make the final join to. That was simple enough. Once that was done, I could work a replacement section, and, phew, the whole round now lies flat. Just in time for
round 9, which Renata has now published.
Thinking about it, I suspect that my joining picots in earlier rounds were too long and that's why the picots in this round have had to be very long. I hope the next round won't require adjustments!
Surgery n tatting is brutal but I’d say this was a great success! You are a very talented surgeon.
ReplyDeleteOnce again your patience amazes me, that would have been in the bin if it was mine, lol
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It's so beautiful!!! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm happy to read that you only had to snip a portion. Here's hoping for a short recovery period!
ReplyDeleteDeja vu ! I'm seeing this snipped round on so many blogs :-( Your surgery, as everything you do, is very practical and efficient :-)
ReplyDeleteTatting surgery is not such a big tragedy in the hands of a good doctor :) I hope the next round will not need any more adjustments...
ReplyDeleteSometimes it is best just to cut. I am still struggling with the butterfly row. Thank you for the heads up on this row.
ReplyDeleteGlad you were able to re-do just a portion and get the round finished. Maybe that’s why mine wasn’t SO cupped - I have used pretty small joining picots on each round, but maybe I will have to increase them a little as the doily gets larger? Hhhhmmmm . . .
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ReplyDeleteRound 8 tends to pull up. I think it should be 8-8-8 on the chains.
I have been following along before I tat the round. Should I leave the chain as per instruction or change and make it larger?
The cupping comes from the joining of the rings, increasing the chain length won’t help, I don’t think. You could make the rings bigger perhaps, but it’s easier to make the picots longer.
DeleteThank you, I will make the picots longer. Will start this round in a few days.
DeleteIt depends a bit on how long your picots were on earlier rounds, so just keep an eye on it and keep checking that it lies flat, is my suggestion.
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